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XBT:  Abbreviation for expendable bathythermograph.

X-Rays:  Very energetic electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths intermediate between 0.01 and 10 nanometers (0.1-100 Angstroms) or between gamma rays and ultraviolet radiation.  Essentially all X-Rays from space are absorbed in the Earth's upper atmosphere.  

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